Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage, All Transit Modes: 2009
Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage, All Transit Modes: 2009
| State | Collision | Non-collision | Total property damage ($ thousands) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | ||
| Alabama | 16 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 134 |
| Alaska | 12 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 41 | 876 |
| Arizona | 53 | 4 | 76 | 209 | 0 | 202 | 1,963 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 8 |
| California | 477 | 36 | 693 | 2,249 | 32 | 2,203 | 10,652 |
| Colorado | 55 | 3 | 84 | 174 | 0 | 170 | 2,013 |
| Connecticut | 57 | 1 | 123 | 126 | 0 | 136 | 203 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 92 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 175 | 13 | 334 | 337 | 12 | 317 | 12,512 |
| Florida | 331 | 11 | 631 | 671 | 5 | 658 | 3,586 |
| Georgia | 135 | 7 | 290 | 483 | 0 | 465 | 1,168 |
| Hawaii | 27 | 0 | 39 | 92 | 0 | 92 | 210 |
| Idaho | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Illinois | 414 | 23 | 698 | 1,190 | 14 | 1,130 | 4,105 |
| Indiana | 38 | 2 | 70 | 74 | 0 | 72 | 273 |
| Iowa | 9 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 65 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 112 | 153 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 2 | 31 | 161 | 1 | 169 | 143 |
| Louisiana | 40 | 0 | 87 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 507 |
| Maine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Maryland | 178 | 4 | 419 | 173 | 0 | 169 | 465 |
| Massachusetts | 60 | 3 | 148 | 967 | 6 | 787 | 10,435 |
| Michigan | 82 | 5 | 170 | 146 | 0 | 145 | 1,244 |
| Minnesota | 50 | 3 | 80 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 366 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Missouri | 98 | 1 | 214 | 150 | 0 | 143 | 544 |
| Montana | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Nevada | 44 | 1 | 86 | 347 | 0 | 346 | 376 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 137 | 20 | 217 | 418 | 28 | 362 | 2,228 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| New York | 611 | 33 | 1,104 | 8,138 | 52 | 7,038 | 4,075 |
| North Carolina | 49 | 0 | 119 | 104 | 0 | 93 | 734 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ohio | 145 | 3 | 293 | 438 | 0 | 428 | 1,093 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 115 |
| Oregon | 28 | 4 | 29 | 178 | 0 | 168 | 274 |
| Pennsylvania | 173 | 5 | 423 | 2,079 | 7 | 1,987 | 1,653 |
| Rhode Island | 23 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 207 |
| South Carolina | 16 | 0 | 46 | 39 | 0 | 40 | 204 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 36 | 0 | 61 | 47 | 0 | 35 | 541 |
| Texas | 214 | 4 | 397 | 763 | 0 | 753 | 2,382 |
| Utah | 26 | 3 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 31 | 284 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Virginia | 61 | 3 | 115 | 276 | 0 | 285 | 899 |
| Washington | 92 | 3 | 138 | 399 | 1 | 389 | 1,220 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 46 | 87 |
| Wisconsin | 50 | 1 | 83 | 294 | 0 | 337 | 575 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United States, total (including Puerto Rico) | 4,063 | 202 | 7,487 | 21,716 | 161 | 20,158 | 68,843 |
NOTES: Collision includes at-grade crossings excluding suicides. Noncollision includes: 1) derailments; 2) personal casualties in parking facilities, inside vehicles, on right of way, boarding/alighting, and in station/bus stops; 3) evacuations for life safety; and 4) nonarson fires. For an incident to be reportable it must involve a transit vehicle or occur on transit property and either: 1) result in a fatality, injury or transit property damage greater than $25,000; 2) involve a nonarson fire; 3) involve a mainline derailment; or 4) involve an evacuation due to life safety 5) involve an act of God 6) involve a Hazardous Material Spill.
Data are compiled from Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database, and Federal Railroad Administration's Rail Accident/Incident Reporting System.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, personal communication, Jul. 18, 2011.